Blair rich project

The former PM will help Swiss firm Zurich on “developments and trends in the international political environment”.

News of Mr Blair’s latest deal follows anger over his decision to accept £2million a year as an adviser to investment bank JP Morgan.

On top of a £63,000-a-year pension funded by the taxpayer, he has already landed £5m for his memoirs, raked in £250,000 for a speech in China and £300,000 for a speaking tour to the US and Canada.

In his Zurich role, Mr Blair will also advise the insurer on its new climate initiative.

Mr Blair said: “There is a consensus now that the challenge of climate change is real, and what we need now are the policy solutions to turn that concern into action.”

Zurich would not reveal his pay or how much time he would spend working for the firm.

A spokesman would only say the work would be on an “ad hoc basis”.

Mr Blair, who stepped down last June, is currently an unpaid international envoy to the Middle East.

After the ex-PM’s tie-up with JPMorgan was revealed, Tory MP Nigel Evans raised questions about whether Mr Blair’s “farewell tour” during his last months in office was partly arranged to secure his future income.

He said: “I would have thought that trying to bring peace to the Middle East was a full-time job in itself.”